Good Idea, Bad Idea
Good Idea – taking kids to the park to play. Bad Idea – putting the two, chunky-legged kids in the same swing. No worky. Good …
Addicted to Dress Up
Halloween’s over? I DON’T CARE. The costumes are still out. E-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e. I figure, as long as there is lingering Halloween candy, we should celebrate with …
Playdate at the Park and Proof Mom Truly Exists
I’m the picture-taker. The memory-preserver. The life-capturer. But when I’m the one behind the camera shooting all the time, I’m rarely in the shots themselves, …
Baby V Learns to Wave
She was merely sitting on my lap, smiley-faced as she always is, and then it happened. Opencloseopenclose. It was sweet the way she watched her …
Lack of Coffee Super Cleaning Powers
It’s 8:30am and I’m just now sitting down. The kids are fed, off to school, hubby is probably stuck in morning rush hour traffic, and …
How Not to Starve Yourself as a Mom to Small People {Video} #theproteineffect
Because of Princess Fuss-A-Lot (aka Baby V), meals for me have to be quick, succinct, and most-importantly grab ‘n go. I don’t get time to …
Hilly Walks, Gardening, and Nudey Baby. Film at 11.
It was Mom Monday yesterday, and I took the day off and enjoyed myself. After a 2.5 mile run with the family on Sunday, where …
My Kids, the Amateur Magicians, and Their Love of Video
It’s never a dull moment in this house. The kids are always up to something hilarious and worth recording. In this instance, my son has …
When Pause is Needed
Back when I was a kid, if we liked an evening show, we’d have to be done with chores, eating, homework, baths/showers to sit down …
Mornings From Hell™
When it was told to us that my son’s football practice would be at 6:15am BEFORE SCHOOL, I panicked. Six kids would be sleeping, to …